Correspondence, Sep.-Dec. 1826

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: SERIES I.

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series I. John Wood Papers, 1819-1826, contains correspondence, financial, and legal papers which briefly illuminate the breadth of trade which Wood conducted with the West Indies and United States coastal states prior to his bankruptcy. The correspondence contains letters with foreign and domestic merchants, with John Stone, Wood's agent in Puerto Rico, and with his brother William Wood, a shipping merchant in Portland, Maine. Also included is master's correspondence with the captains of Wood's vessels, the brigs Ann, George, Otter, and other miscellaneous ships, and letters regarding general financial business. The financial and legal papers contain shipping papers of the brigs George and Otter, including a protest of the brig George's violation of quarantine laws, and the bankruptcy indenture which sequestered Wood's vessels and property in 1826.

Dates

Creation: Sep.-Dec. 1826

Creator

From the Collection: Wood, John, 1780- (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Due to their fragile condition, the mold damaged documents in box 4, folder 6 are restricted from general use. Photocopies of these items have been integrated into the main body of the collection. In addition, a number of the letterbooks have sustained mold damage. These have been cleaned and folders containing these volumes have been marked. Caution must be used when handling these items. The rest of the collection is open for research.